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INCI ingredient

Lanolin Cera Lanolin Wax

Also listed as: Lanolin Cera, Lanolin Cera (Lanolin Wax, Lanolin Cera (Lanolin Wax)

Lanolin Cera Lanolin Wax appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair stylings.

What it triggers

  • Vegan originNoanimal-derived
  • FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
  • ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
  • SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
  • SiliconeNonot a silicone
  • AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol

If a product lists Lanolin Cera Lanolin Wax, its vegan answer is No. Nothing else changes.

What it does

Lanolin Cera Lanolin Wax appears on 4 ingredient lists in our database, most often in hair stylings.

On the label it counts as vegan, which is why a product that lists it cannot be vegan.

We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.

Functions: antistatic, binding, skin conditioning - emollient, surfactant - emulsifying, film forming, surfactant - foam boosting, hair conditioning, skin conditioning

Products with Lanolin Cera Lanolin Wax

in 4 products

In the EU ingredient database

Functions listed by CosIng
  • antistatic
  • binding
  • skin conditioning - emollient
  • surfactant - emulsifying
  • film forming
  • surfactant - foam boosting
  • hair conditioning
  • skin conditioning
  • antistatic: Preventing and/or reducing static electricity by neutralising electrical charge on surfaces.
  • binding: Providing adhesive properties during and after compression in cosmetic tablets and/or cakes.
  • skin conditioning - emollient: Acting as lubricants on the skin surface providing the skin with a soft and smooth appearance.
  • surfactant - emulsifying: Helping suspensions or dispersions of liquids in a second liquid by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.

CAS 68201-49-0 · EC 269-220-4

EU regulation

Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.

Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.

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